Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

The Resource Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

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From magic to spice -- Gods and rituals -- The world's first true university -- The storm of God -- Fortress Europe -- The champagne fairs -- Out of war comes sweetness -- The problem with sugar cane -- Hell -- Sidebar : the spherical trade -- A cycle of death and sweetness -- Sidebar : Palmares : the Maroon Kingdom -- The overseer -- Back in Europe -- The best sort of chaw -- The age of sugar -- Freedom -- All men are equal -- All men are equal : America -- "Is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?" -- All men are equal : France -- The sound of liberty -- The sugar purchase and the death state -- Sugar in paradise : "I came seeking the dream" -- Back to our stories : new workers, new sugar -- A new system -- Crossing the black water -- Slavery or freedom? : the in between -- Reform -- Sugar and science -- Sidebar : the sugar genius -- Serfs and sweetness -- The lawyer -- Satyagraha

Dimensions

25 cm.

Extent

ix, 166 p.

Isbn

9780618574926

Isbn Type

(hc.)

Lccn

2009033579

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Other physical details

ill., maps

System control number

ocn434744420

(OCoLC)434744420

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Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

From magic to spice -- Gods and rituals -- The world's first true university -- The storm of God -- Fortress Europe -- The champagne fairs -- Out of war comes sweetness -- The problem with sugar cane -- Hell -- Sidebar : the spherical trade -- A cycle of death and sweetness -- Sidebar : Palmares : the Maroon Kingdom -- The overseer -- Back in Europe -- The best sort of chaw -- The age of sugar -- Freedom -- All men are equal -- All men are equal : America -- "Is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?" -- All men are equal : France -- The sound of liberty -- The sugar purchase and the death state -- Sugar in paradise : "I came seeking the dream" -- Back to our stories : new workers, new sugar -- A new system -- Crossing the black water -- Slavery or freedom? : the in between -- Reform -- Sugar and science -- Sidebar : the sugar genius -- Serfs and sweetness -- The lawyer -- Satyagraha